A progressive advocacy group filed ballot language to reform lobbying laws that would include a two-year “cooling off” period between lawmakers becoming paid lobbyists and prohibit “contingency pay” dependent on lobbying success.
Read the full storyMonth: January 2020
Marsha Blackburn ‘Astounded’ by Adam Schiff’s Closing Arguments
U.S. Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee said U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA-28) “astounded” her when he said GOP senators would have their heads on pikes if they voted to remove Donald Trump from office.
Read the full storyReport: Basketball Legend Kobe Bryant Dead – UPDATE
The Los Angeles Times reports basketball icon Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in L.A.’s Calabasas hills.
Read the full storyBill Lee Awards Civics Mini-Grants Promoting Life-Long Civic Engagement to Public Schools and Districts
This week Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee and Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn awarded 21 Governor’s Civics Seal mini-grants promoting life-long civic engagement in schools and districts across the state.
Read the full storyCommentary: Finding Economic Independence and Prosperity
President Trump appeared at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this year as vir triumphalis—the man of triumph. He presides over an American economy that boasts low unemployment, rising wages, and a booming stock market.
Read the full storyAnother Tennessee PTO President Busted for Alleged Theft
An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has resulted in the indictment of Mallory Parrish, the former president of the Parsons Elementary Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) in Decatur County.
Read the full storyGOP Leaders Hit Nadler for Holding Up a Ban on Fentanyl During Impeachment Trial
Republican Oregon Rep. Greg Walden believes House Democrats’ “obsession” with impeaching President Donald Trump is distracting them from passing a temporary ban on fentanyl substances.
Read the full storySalvadoran Man Arrested for Promoting Creation of Migrant Caravan
A man in El Salvador was charged and jailed for promoting the formation of a U.S.-bound migrant caravan Thursday.
Read the full storyTrump to Crowd at March for Life: ‘They Are Coming After Me Because I’m Fighting for You’
President Trump addressed the annual “March For Life” rally in Washington D.C., Friday, becoming the first sitting president to appear at the massive pro-life event in its 47-year history.
Read the full storyDHS Started Preparing Against Iran Threats Months Ago, Acting Secretary Says
YUMA, Arizona — Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said the U.S. government was well prepared for any threats from Iran because it had prepared months in advance.
Read the full storyStacey Abrams Calls on Democrats To ‘Stop Re-Litigating Past Elections’
Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams told a crowd of Democrats that they must move on from past elections and focus on making future elections more fair.
Read the full storyTrump Rolls Back Another Obama-Era Enviro Rule as Impeachment Trial Drags On
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Thursday afternoon scaling back an Obama-era regulation farmers and energy producers said saddled them with unnecessary burdens.
Read the full storyMichigan and Minnesota Sue Trump Admin Over Effort to Allow Release of 3D-Printed Guns
Michigan and Minnesota have joined a lawsuit challenging a federal regulation that would allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be posted online.
Read the full storyMinnesota Supreme Court Upholds Minneapolis’ $15 Minimum Wage
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld Minneapolis’ $15 minimum wage ordinance in a Wednesday ruling, putting an end to a legal battle that began in 2017.
Read the full storyCommentary: The Battle Between Something and Nothing
I’m no prognosticator, but in any conflict between Something and Nothing, my money is on Something, every time.
Read the full storyOhio Bill Wants to Add Protective Netting to All Professional Baseball Stadiums
A bill introduced in the Ohio House chamber this week would require major and minor league baseball teams to install protective netting in their stadiums.
Read the full storyAccusations Fly in Fight Over Voter Data from Minnesota Primary
State party leaders exchanged a number of accusations throughout the week regarding the release of voter data under Minnesota’s presidential primary law.
Read the full storyMark Green Praises 917 Society Founder Joni Bryan: A Tennessee Woman with ‘Big Ideas’ Who Inspired Change
HERMITAGE — U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN-07) praised 917 Society founder Joni Bryan as a woman who acted on her initiative and founded an organization that has had profound impacts around Tennessee and the rest of the nation.
Read the full storyCommentary: Europe Fusses and Fidgets While Trump Defends America
The response to America’s killing of Iranian terrorist chief General Qassem Soleimani illustrates again how useless the Western alliance has become, and how correct this administration is to have defined U.S. national security interests and deployed forces adequate to maintain those interests itself.
Read the full storyThirty Four US Troops Treated for Brain Injuries Following Iran Missile Attack
PENTAGON – The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries or concussions as a result of Iran’s missile attack on bases in Iraq earlier this month.
Read the full storySoros Takes a Page Out of Liz Warren’s Playbook, Says Facebook and Trump Are Conspiring to Win Reelection
Billionaire financier George Soros floated the possibility Thursday that President Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are conspiring to get the president reelected.
Read the full storyICE Chief Gives Sordid Example of ‘Fraudulent Family’ Cases at the Southern Border
The chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), giving an example of how far migrants will go to deceive U.S. authorities, said one migrant woman was caught spitting into the mouth of a baby that was not related to her.
Read the full storyCongressman Mark Green Reflects on His Visit to 101st Airborne Division Soldiers at the Border
Following a visit to the U.S. border with Mexico last week, U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) said that the soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division – known as the Rakkasans – are very proud to be at the border and feel like they are finally getting to protect their homeland.
Read the full storyCaller Bernadette on Tennessee Star Report: Trump Will Receive ‘Between 30 and 50 Percent’ of the Black Vote
On Friday’s Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy was joined in studio by all-star panelist Crom Carmichael who took a call from Bernadette, a frequent caller.
Read the full storyBiden: DACA Recipients Are ‘More American than Most Americans’
Former Vice President Joe Biden said at a campaign event in Iowa on Tuesday that illegal immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are “more American” than most of their U.S.-born counterparts because they do well in school.
Read the full storyCommentary: Why Hollywood Attempts to Silence Dissident Women
Amy Sherman-Palladino’s writing is full of witty, sharp dialogue that makes you need to rewind a couple times every episode to make sure you caught exactly what was being said. Usually, it’s brilliant.
Read the full storyThe Tennessee Star Report: Crom Carmichael Details the FISA Courts Extreme Abuse of Power
Friday morning on the Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy was joined in studio by all-star panelist Crom Carmichael.
Read the full storyCommentary: State Department Right to Tackle ‘Birth Tourism’
“Birth tourism” has become big business. Today, hundreds of companies advertise to pregnant women—particularly upper-middle-class women from China, Nigeria, Russia, and Turkey—offering assistance to get visas that would allow them to visit the U.S. during the time they expect to give birth.
Read the full storyCommentary: The Appalling Elitism of ‘Dollar Store’ Bans
Should city governments dictate where you can shop for food? If your neighbors see a need for a store, and happily patronize it, should outsiders shut down that option?
Read the full storyOhio House Committee Considers Anti-Sanctuary Cities Act
An anti-sanctuary bill is pending in the Ohio House of Representatives.
Read the full storyState Senator Intervenes After League Bars Minnesota High School from Honoring Wounded Police Officer
A state senator is intervening after the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) told a Waseca high school hockey team that it couldn’t wear jerseys honoring a wounded police officer.
Read the full storyBloomberg Says Democrats ‘Can’t Take Minnesota for Granted’
Billionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said Democrats can’t “take battleground states like Minnesota for granted” after opening a field office in Minneapolis Thursday.
Read the full storyPelosi and Schumer Tap Gretchen Whitmer to Deliver Dem Response to Trump’s State of the Union
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Friday that they have selected Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.
Read the full storyOhio Bill Proposal Would Ban Telemedicine Abortions
A new bill introduced in the Ohio legislature this week wants to outlaw abortions performed through telemedicine.
Read the full storyNew Bill Introduced to House Could Require Doctors to Inform Women Seeking Abortion About Abortion Reversal Pill
A bill introduced to the Michigan House of Representatives on Wednesday would require doctors to inform women seeking chemical abortions about a pill that has the potential to reverse it.
Read the full storyTennessee Comptrollers Discover 62 Opioid Prescribers with Abnormal Prescribing Patterns
There are problems with the number of opioid prescriptions in Tennessee, according to a report Tennessee Comptrollers released this week.
Read the full storyBill Hagerty Commentary: Stand With President Trump for the Right to Life
As a fourth-generation Tennessean, I am proud of the Christian, conservative values that my parents instilled in my life and that I continue to hold dear. One of those values, that is so important to me, is the right to life. Tennesseans value life; we believe that all people – born or unborn – are valued.
Read the full storyCommentary: When Will Conservatives Understand That It’s Not a Contest of Ideas?
Even as Donald Trump continues to frustrate #TheResistance after three years of ceaseless fabrication and hysteria, conservatives must not forget just how close they are to the edge. We have a defender in the White House, but the social ideas of the Left prevail in nearly every other elite and cultural space in the United States.
Read the full storyTulsi Gabbard Sues Hillary Clinton Over Russia Smears
Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is suing Hillary Clinton for defamation over the former Secretary of State’s remarks on a podcast characterizing the Democratic presidential candidate as “a favorite of the Russians” last year.
Read the full storySen. Marsha Blackburn Provides First Hand Account of Impeachment Trial in Senate: An Attempted Democrat Power Grab ‘To Get Control of the White House’
In a special interview Thursday on the Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy welcomed U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn to the show to talk about the current impeachment process now in the Senate.
Read the full storyDOJ: At Least Two of FBI’s Four FISA Warrants ‘Were Not Valid’
In a December letter to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the Justice Department officially determined that at least half of the secret surveillance applications the FBI sought to spy on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page were illegal.
Read the full storyPlanned Parenthood Acting President Predicts More Abortion Restrictions in 2020
Acting Planned Parenthood president Alexis McGill Johnson predicted that more abortion restrictions will take place during 2020.
Read the full storyA Florida Police Officer Was Investigated for Liking Facebook Comments Critical of Tlaib and Omar
A Florida police officer who was in the running for chief of his local department was temporarily suspended last week after the Miami Herald outed him for liking comments on Facebook that were critical of U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13).
Read the full storyHallmark Channel President Steps Down After Same-Sex Ad Controversy
The president and chief executive of the Hallmark Channel, Bill Abbot is stepping down barely a month after the company faced controversy over a later-reversed decision to pull a commercial showing a same-sex couple getting married, The Hill reports.
Read the full storyThe Epoch Times Editor in Chief, Stephen Gregory Talks ‘Cybergagging’ and False Accusations by Facebook
In a special interview, Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy was joined on the newsmakers line by The Epoch Times United States editor Stephen Gregory.
Read the full storyWhite House Rolls Out New Rules to End ‘Birth Tourism’
The Trump administration will implement new rules that aim to prevent pregnant foreign nationals from visiting the U.S. for the sole purpose of giving birth on U.S. soil.
Read the full storyDivide and Conquer: Lipscomb Academy K-12 Propoganda Allegedly Promoting a Race Based Agenda
Live from Music Row Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – Leahy was joined in studio by all-star panelist Dr. Carol Swain to discuss Lipscomb Academy’s current K-12 diversity training for students.
Read the full storyJoe Biden Touts Opposition to School Vouchers, Despite Sending Sons to Posh Private School
Former Vice President Joe Biden took a stand against school choice vouchers Wednesday, despite that he chose to send both of his sons to a posh private high school in Delaware.
Read the full storyTennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton Joins Leahy to Describe General Assembly Sentiments and Future Communications With Governor
On Thursday’s Tennessee Star Report, Leahy and all-star panelist Carol Swain were joined on the newsmakers line by Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton.
Read the full storyCommentary: Donald Trump May Be America’s Greatest Right-to-Life President
Our friend J. Christian Adams alerted us to an incredible development in the fight to protect the unborn. This filing marks a significant moment. The Trump Justice Department has been more active in defending pro-life legal positions than any prior administration, perhaps since Ronald Reagan observed Mr. Adams.
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